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The Rise of Grade Inflation

The growing number of high marks has many professors—and some students—worried academic excellence is being cheapened. Has Dartmouth reached a breaking point?

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Will Dehmel '26

Campus

Opening Doors

More than 40 percent of the members of the class of 2025 work in either finance or consulting, less than in previous years. Now, with $30 million in endowed gifts to the Center for Career Design to fund unpaid or underpaid internships, that downward trend is likely to continue. 
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Grayson Saunier ’27

Football quarterback

Features

From Rogues to Respectability

Seventy-five years after students formed a rugby team for a free trip to Bermuda, the club has evolved into a perennial national contender.

Pursuits

Safer Farming and Food

Health activist Kelly Ryerson ’98 rallies for regenerative agriculture.

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Features

Inside Dartmouth Hockey’s Rapid Rise

After years near the bottom of the ECAC, the Big Green is now a sure bet to head back to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1980.

Pursuits

Tackling the Game

Former player and coach Alex Magleby ’00 now heads Major League Rugby.

Campus

Ask the Expert: Athletic Potential

Austin Driggers | Executive Associate Athletics Director for Peak Performance

Pursuits

Calgary Comeback

Former All-American Folarin Orimolade ’17 still tears up the gridiron.

Pursuits

New Bishop

Diocese elevates its first female leader, Julia E. Whitworth ’93.

Pursuits

Perfect Pitch

Anthem singer Annie Edgerton ’93 has a game plan.

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Bryce Loeger ’28

Baseball pitcher and football ball boy

Pursuits

Match Maker

Tennis host Brett Haber ’91 calls the shots.

Pursuits

Tickets, Anyone?

Geeks Jack Groetzinger ’07 and Russ D’Souza ’07 have got the seats.

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